Those bots retrieve a copyof your web page so that they can include relevant terms from that page in their search index. Not all bots are benign however.Some bots go through your website looking for web forms and email addresses to send you spam. Before you rush to implement the things suggested by this article, I should probably mention the following prerequisites. Your website must be hosted on an Apache web server, and your web host must have a facility How to Block Unwanted Bots from Your Website with .htaccess htaccess Deny Access to Certain Bots/Programs

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Envolve is a very early stage start-up company based out of San Francisco with a goal to enable meaningful conversation all over the web in real-time.  They do this by providing websites with a Facebook style chat system that is enabled with a small line of javascript embedded into the web-page.  Each claims to be better then the other because you can't have multiple bars on your web-page.  This gives a website a small widget on the bottom right hand corner of the page that you can enable and disable.  The widget provides you with the ability to interact with other

had just returned from living in Japan where I witnessed the hugely successful launch of i-mode by NTT DoCoMo so I knew the potential that the mobile web would ultimately bring, but I saw so many flaws in the launch of WAP.  But Enter the huge innovation in AJAX (asynchronous Javascript and XML), which let us redraw individual portions of the screen and therefore mimic user behavior on on-premise applications.  Enter Absolute Power Corrupts, Absolutely I

They suddenly had Javascript on pages that covered 40 million unique users and they were coming up with innovative ad products that combated banner blindness.  They They had started to launch new products that helped web site owners better load applications from third-party vendors and they started experimenting with totally new ad models that drove the daily revenue up by 7x in less than 30 days. This is part of my new series on  what makes an entrepreneur successful .  I originally posted it on VentureHacks , one of my favorite websites for entrepreneurs.

I know he’s smart but you wouldn’t hire a Javascript developer to do your database design – would you?  But as with consulting, PR, web design and even VC – it’s not just the firm it’s also the individual.  I recently read a post over on VentureHacks titled, “ Top Ten Reasons Entrepreneurs Hate Lawyers ” written by Scott Walker (who blogs on legal issues for entrepreneurs ).  I know that people have an allergy to lawyers out of fear of being screwed. 

Santa Monica-based Docstoc rolled out a new feature for the firm's web-based document sharing service Thursday, which allows users to embed preview links into their web pages of documents on the site. The firm's new Docshots service allows any Docstoc user to include pop-up previews of their documents, by including Javascript code on their web page. The feature is only available to users registered with the Docstoc site. Docstoc is venture backed by Rustic Canyon Partners, and also has scored funding from notable local angel investors Scott Walchek, Brett Brewer,

Design for rapid product and service development in global, innovative Web Product and Services Company. • driven web sites and applications • Rapid prototyping and coding experience in HTML/CSS and JavaScript a must. • Passion for complex web applications, process and system design. • I am helping OpenColony look for an Interaction Design Manager. Do you know of anyone who fits the bill?

Today's interview is with William Chow , founder of Los Angeles-based Mobophiles (www.mobophiles.com), Mobophiles has developed technology which allows any software-as-a-service application or web site, including enterprise applications like Microsoft SharePoint and Salesforce.com, to work even when a user is not able to connect to the Internet, if a service is down, connections are intermittent, or slow--something potentially strategic to SaaS firms looking to displace desktop applications. William Chow: What Mobophiles has developed is software that solves the two biggest problems